The Little Hours (2017) — Part 2: Nuns Gone Wild! | Filthy Habits

About this episode

The episode explores the film 'The Little Hours', focusing on its themes of lust, power, and religious hypocrisy through a comedic lens.

This week on Morally Offensive, Bill, Jess, and special guest Syd King dive into The Little Hours—a medieval comedy where the nuns are anything but devout. Set in a 14th-century convent, the film follows a group of wildly unrestrained sisters who drink, swear, and terrorize the local help…until a fugitive posing as a deaf-mute handyman shows up and turns everything sideways. What starts as a chaotic character study quickly spirals into a mix of lust, power plays, religious hypocrisy, and naked dancing in the woods. Along the way, the crew unpacks how the film pulls from The Decameron, why its anachronistic dialogue actually works, and how it gleefully pokes at the idea of holiness without completely dismissing it. Tangents include youth pastors telling us we'd go to hell if we died in a car crash, that time Jess' classmates terrorized and vandalized Holy Hill Basilica, TMI Catholic confessions about your sex life, campus ministers on the run from the law, and Syd's proximity to Ryan Gosling on Saturday Night Live. Support the show:Merch: https://morallyoffensive.bigcartel.com/Buy Us a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/morallyoffensive Follow Syd King on Instagram…

People in this episode

Hosts: Bill, Jess

Guest: Syd King

Topics covered

• medieval comedy
• religious hypocrisy
• character study
• anarchic nuns
• film analysis

Keywords

• The Little Hours
• nuns
• comedy
• religion
• anarchy
• film analysis
• Syd King

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Little Hours, The Decameron

Places: Holy Hill Basilica

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